Sep 14 2024
Great Smoky Mountains National Park contains one of the most extensive hiking networks in the National Park System, with more than 800 miles of trails crossing forested valleys, rushing streams, waterfalls, grassy balds, historic settlements, and some of the highest mountains in the eastern United States. Choosing where to hike can be difficult because the …
Sep 14 2024
Great Sand Dunes National Park may be famous for enormous mountains of sand, but the dunes are only one part of a remarkably varied ecosystem. Elk graze across the broad San Luis Valley, mule deer wander through wooded foothills, black bears forage along mountain streams, bighorn sheep move across rocky slopes, and mountain lions travel …
Jun 18 2024
Great Sand Dunes National Park protects a landscape that seems almost impossible: the tallest sand dunes in North America rising directly in front of the snow-covered Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The immense dunefield spreads across roughly 30 square miles of Colorado’s San Luis Valley, but the dunes are only the centerpiece of a much larger …
